State comparison · 2025
Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary: Maryland vs Pennsylvania
Child, Family, and School Social Workers in Maryland earn a median of $76,390. In Pennsylvania, $50,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.7% — not 50.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.3%
Maryland vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+39.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $76,390
- p25
- $56,920
- p75
- $93,940
- p10
- $41,240
- p90
- $105,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
Pennsylvania
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Median
- $50,820
- p25
- $44,700
- p75
- $63,480
- p10
- $38,430
- p90
- $78,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.